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Media Outlets Examine Challenges Facing Pakistan Six Months After Floods
Six months after monsoon flooding hit Pakistan, the U.N. reports that about 4 million people remain without temporary or permanent shelter, VOA News reports.
U.S. Has No Plans To End Aid To Haiti Despite Disputed Election, Sec. Of State Clinton Says
During a brief visit to Haiti on Sunday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. has no plans to end aid to Haiti despite the unresolved presidential election, the Associated Press/Boston Globe reports.
U.K., Gates Foundation Announce Extra Funding For Global Polio Eradication As WEF Wraps Up
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Friday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, announced “extra financing for polio eradication, easing a shortfall in funding that hinders a global effort to stop the crippling virus,” Bloomberg reports.
In comments during Sunday morning’s news programs, William Daley, the new White House Chief of Staff, made clear that the administration is not interested in reopening last year’s vitriolic health overhaul debate. He also backed away from his earlier criticisms of the measure.
Viewpoints: Insurance Data Mining And Medicaid Reform In Illinois
Today’s opinions come from the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Wall Street Journal and the Houston Chronicle.
Today’s state health policy news also includes reports from Texas, Illinois, Kansas and Wisconsin.
Generics Companies Weigh In On Biological Drugs, The Wall Street Journal Reports
The Journal reports on developments in what could become a multi-billion dollar market.
Politico gives a progress report on the MACPAC while KHN details how a Medicaid showdown regarding costs and coverage could be in the making.
Efforts To Repeal Medicare Advisory Board Could Attract Dem Support
The CT Mirror reports on efforts to undo the IPAB.
High-Risk Pools, Hospital Readmissions Among Health Law Topics In The News
News outlets give status updates regarding some key provisions of the new law.
Health Premium Costs: Hot Topic In Partisan Debate
Just as President Obama and members of his administration assert that health insurance premiums will go down under the health overhaul, GOP lawmakers argue these claims are overstated. Ultimately, how this issue shakes out will be central to the public’s perception of the new law.
First Edition: January 31, 2011
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the difficult fiscal mix of state budget troubles and Medicaid.
News outlets are analyzing lawmakers’ claims about the health law.
President ‘Won’t Refight’ Health Law Debate
President Obama’s new chief of staff defended the health care law Sunday.
States Consider Cuts To Medicaid To Ease Tight Budgets
Governors around the country are eyeing the high costs of the health program for the poor, but federal rules are complicating their decisions.
Obama Rallies Health Law Backers; HHS Report Claims Premiums Will Go Down Because Of The Overhaul
In a Friday morning speech, Obama offered a message to “fire up” health law supporters.
Clinton, Other Speakers Discuss Poverty, Development Issues At World Economic Forum
“Poverty and unemployment reared their heads at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, with speakers urging the elite audience to bridge a growing gap between booming multinationals and the jobless poor,” Reuters reports.
BMJ News Reports On Calls For WHO To Control, Prevent Spread Of Cholera
Following the outbreak of cholera in Haiti, during the WHO executive board meeting last week, member states voiced concerns that cholera “is not being adequately addressed despite its prevalence in epidemic form in many areas,” BMJ News reports.
Former Health Care Company Executive To Lead GHI
A State Department spokesman confirmed Wednesday that Lois Quam, a “former UnitedHealth Group executive,” will become executive director of President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative, The Associated Press/Star Tribune reports.
